Post by joshred on Nov 30, 2011 16:44:48 GMT -5
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docs.google.com/document/d/1v5Tfr74mpAGvS6Q-uDvF9ftsTCuKBnhz1Hkvd52n8lw/edit
INTRO / WELCOME
Rachel and Josh cofacilitating
Colin taking stack / vibes
Matt keeping minutes / time
26 participants, 1 new
5-MINUTE OPEN MIC / SPEAK-OUT
Somebody expressed concern about the behavior of people in the park
CAUCUS UPDATES / REPORT-BACKS
Mental health system survivors caucus coming together
WORKING GROUP UPDATES / REPORT-BACKS
Food WG meeting on Wednesday at 8PM to discuss legislation coming together to incentivize supermarkets making charitable donations to non-profit organizations (like Occupy Albany)
Boycott Wal-Mart WG organizing around “defranchise America” activities
Coordination WG increasing efforts to move towards “Camp 2.0”
Meeting at 7PM tonight to discuss restructuring
Outreach WG community-building forum meeting to organize WGs to get more people involved, Sunday 5-7PM
Public Safety WG working on revamping Good Neighbor Policy
Somebody from Occupy Pughkeepsie spoke about that occupation’s efforts to deal with issues in their camp
Teach-in WG announced screening of Inside Job at 7PM at the Citizen Action building
Thursday at 4PM teach-in at the state capital about homelessness
International human rights day is December 10, panel on related topics on December 8
Information Technology WG
Internet access will likely be sourced from Tech Valley Communications
WORKING GROUP PROPOSALS
Transportation WG seeking up to $25 to buy bike locks
Approved
Winterization WG - Label tents with owner info and contact info, tents without reachable ownership will be taken down and added to an inventory space. All tents would be numbered. There would be a central registry of tent numbers, hopefully with contact information for each tent. A note would be left in each tent advising the occupant to register their tent.
Tabled for further discussion with operations working group.
OTHER BUSINESS
Somebody spoke about the importance of cleaning up and keeping the park clean
he was encouraged to attend the operations WG meeting at 7PM
Somebody spoke about the issue of cigarette smoke, the possibility of creating a separate area for this
Mark is going to bring a set of current bus schedules to the info table
Daniel & the Environmental WG are working to keep up efforts to fight / ban fracking
Occupy Together has a call every Monday night at 10PM
Meeting interrupted by FIRE
CLOSING
docs.google.com/document/d/1v5Tfr74mpAGvS6Q-uDvF9ftsTCuKBnhz1Hkvd52n8lw/edit
INTRO / WELCOME
Rachel and Josh cofacilitating
Colin taking stack / vibes
Matt keeping minutes / time
26 participants, 1 new
5-MINUTE OPEN MIC / SPEAK-OUT
Somebody expressed concern about the behavior of people in the park
CAUCUS UPDATES / REPORT-BACKS
Mental health system survivors caucus coming together
WORKING GROUP UPDATES / REPORT-BACKS
Food WG meeting on Wednesday at 8PM to discuss legislation coming together to incentivize supermarkets making charitable donations to non-profit organizations (like Occupy Albany)
Boycott Wal-Mart WG organizing around “defranchise America” activities
Coordination WG increasing efforts to move towards “Camp 2.0”
Meeting at 7PM tonight to discuss restructuring
Outreach WG community-building forum meeting to organize WGs to get more people involved, Sunday 5-7PM
Public Safety WG working on revamping Good Neighbor Policy
Somebody from Occupy Pughkeepsie spoke about that occupation’s efforts to deal with issues in their camp
Teach-in WG announced screening of Inside Job at 7PM at the Citizen Action building
Thursday at 4PM teach-in at the state capital about homelessness
International human rights day is December 10, panel on related topics on December 8
Information Technology WG
Internet access will likely be sourced from Tech Valley Communications
WORKING GROUP PROPOSALS
Transportation WG seeking up to $25 to buy bike locks
Approved
Winterization WG - Label tents with owner info and contact info, tents without reachable ownership will be taken down and added to an inventory space. All tents would be numbered. There would be a central registry of tent numbers, hopefully with contact information for each tent. A note would be left in each tent advising the occupant to register their tent.
Tabled for further discussion with operations working group.
OTHER BUSINESS
Somebody spoke about the importance of cleaning up and keeping the park clean
he was encouraged to attend the operations WG meeting at 7PM
Somebody spoke about the issue of cigarette smoke, the possibility of creating a separate area for this
Mark is going to bring a set of current bus schedules to the info table
Daniel & the Environmental WG are working to keep up efforts to fight / ban fracking
Occupy Together has a call every Monday night at 10PM
Meeting interrupted by FIRE
CLOSING
